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The Great Controversy: The First Great Deception—Chapter 33, Part 2

Satan is seeking to overcome men today, as he overcame our first parents, by shaking their confidence in their Creator and leading them to doubt the wisdom of His government and the justice of His laws. Satan and his emissaries represent God as even worse than themselves, in order to justify their own malignity andContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The First Great Deception—Chapter 33, Part 2”

The Great Controversy: Agency of Evil Spirits—Chapter 31, Part 2

At the command of Jesus the evil spirits departed from their victims, leaving them calmly sitting at the Saviour’s feet, subdued, intelligent, and gentle. But the demons were permitted to sweep a herd of swine into the sea; and to the dwellers of Gadara the loss of these outweighed the blessings which Christ had bestowed, andContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Agency of Evil Spirits—Chapter 31, Part 2”

The Great Controversy: Enmity Between Man and Satan—Chapter 30, Part 2

Satan summons all his forces and throws his whole power into the combat. Why is it that he meets with no greater resistance? Why are the soldiers of Christ so sleepy and indifferent? Because they have so little real connection with Christ; because they are so destitute of His Spirit. Sin is not to themContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Enmity Between Man and Satan—Chapter 30, Part 2”

The Great Controversy: Enmity Between Man and Satan—Chapter 30, Part 1

It is the grace that Christ implants in the soul which creates in man enmity against Satan. Without this converting grace and renewing power, man would continue the captive of Satan, a servant ever ready to do his bidding. But the new principle in the soul creates conflict where hitherto had been peace. The power which Christ imparts enables man to resist the tyrant and usurper. Whoever is seen to abhor sin instead of loving it, whoever resists and conquers those passions that have held sway within, displays the operation of a principle wholly from above. GC 506.2